Judge to rule on attacker

Led assault on man with nail-studded pickets
A judge will rule this morning whether a Winnipeg man who led a vicious mob attack on another man with nail-studded fence pickets should go home for Christmas or spend up to 10 more years in prison.
By DEAN PRITCHARD, SUN MEDIA

Another 14 charged with impaired driving

Another 14 alleged drunk drivers were nabbed during the third week of the Winnipeg Police Service’s holiday checkstop campaign, police said today.
During the same period in 2007, police arrested 17 people for impaired driving.
By Chris Kitching, SUN MEDIA

Clues sought in social death

Homicide investigators are appealing to witnesses to step forward so they can piece together a 19-year-old man’s final moments and bring justice to the person who shot him.

City police issued the plea after identifying Lahai Konteh as the Winnipeg man fatally shot in the West End after two groups of males got into a fight in a social hall early Sunday.
By CHRIS KITCHING, SUN MEDIA

Crown urges 15 years for nail attack

A Winnipeg man convicted of aggravated assault after another man was viciously attacked by a mob wielding nail-studded fence pickets should be sentenced to 15 years in prison, a judge heard this morning.
By DEAN PRITCHARD, Sun Media

Man assaulted by home invader

A man returned to his home to find a burglar who assaulted him Sunday, said police.
Police say the 50-year-old man returned to his home in the 100 block of Lawndale Avenue and found a side door had been forced open. When he entered the home, he was assaulted by the intruder, said police.
By SUN MEDIA

Police identify man fatally shot

Police have identified the victim of Winnipeg’s latest shooting death and say it appears the incident followed an argument on the same evening he died.
By SUN MEDIA

No jail for cabbie’s attacker

A Winnipeg firefighter who attacked a city cab driver following a fare dispute has been granted an 18-month conditional discharge that will allow him to keep his job.
Robert Stuermer, 35, pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm in connection with the March 2006 incident.
By DEAN PRITCHARD, SUN MEDIA

Jury convicts Teerhuis-Moar

A jury has convicted Sydney Teerhuis-Moar of second-degree murder in the grisly slaying of Robin Greene.
Teerhuis-Moar, 39, appeared almost serene as the jury delivered its verdict late yesterday morning. Jurors began their deliberations early Monday afternoon.
By DEAN PRITCHARD, SUN MEDIA

Intent is key: judge

A jury resumes deliberations this morning in the case of a man who admits killing and dismembering Robin Greene in a downtown hotel room.
Jurors began deliberating the fate of Sydney Teerhuis-Moar early yesterday afternoon.
By DEAN PRITCHARD, SUN MEDIA

‘Peg called car-theft capital again

Auto theft costs consumers, police, insurance companies and governments an estimated $1 billion annually, says a national report that once again branded Winnipeg and Manitoba the car-theft capitals of Canada.
By SUN MEDIA

Stop pretending

If you need more evidence violent crime is on the rise in this province, check out the latest publication by Statistics Canada on incarceration rates in this country.
Manitoba has the highest percentage of violent adult criminals sentenced to jail compared with any other province in Canada.
By TOM BRODBECK

A predictable reaction

If you thought the Southern Chiefs Organization’s ridiculous cries of racism this week sounded familiar, that’s because they are.

The group was predictably front and centre this week as the inquest report into Matthew Dumas’ death at the hands of Winnipeg police was released. Citing numerous statements from various witnesses to the fatal shooting, the report absolved police of any wrongdoing for killing the teen in January 2005.
By KEVIN ENGSTROM

Death in downtown

Police are investigating the city’s 27th homicide of the year after a body was found inside a downtown high-rise yesterday.
By ROB NAY, SUN MEDIA

Mayhem breaks out at St. Boniface strip bar

A local strip club saw more than just bumping and grinding early yesterday, as a brawl broke out inside and outside the bar.
Two people were also hit by a sport-utility vehicle that fled the scene, Winnipeg police said.
By SUN MEDIA

Frozen girls’ dad speaks

SASKATOON — A Saskatchewan man who admits to his role in the freezing deaths of his two young girls says he’s surprised by harsh comments about him posted on websites.
By THE CANADIAN PRESS

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